Church Gresley
Church Gresley | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Swadlincote | |
Postcode district | DE11 | |
Dialling code | 01283 | |
Police | Derbyshire | |
Fire | Derbyshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Church Gresley is a large suburban village and former
History
Gresele is recorded in the Domesday Book [citation needed]. Its first element is of uncertain origin, possibly the Old English grēosn meaning gravel and lēah meaning a woodland clearing. [citation needed] Churchegreseleye was first recorded in 1363 and distinguishes it from Castle Gresley.[2]
In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 7771.[3] On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and became part of the unparished area of Swadlincote.[4]
Priory and church
See also Gresley Priory
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The tower has a ring of six bells. The fourth bell was cast by Henry Oldfield of Nottingham. Its date is unknown, but is known that Oldfield was casting bells between 1590 and 1620. George Oldfield of Nottingham cast the fifth and tenor bells in 1639. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough cast or recast the second and third bells in 1958 and cast the present treble bell in 1991.[9]
Economic and social history
In about 1800 the Mason pottery was founded at Church Gresley. It was renamed Mason Cash in 1901.[10] Mason Cash became a well-known English pottery, producing many kinds of ceramic mixing and baking ware. TG (Thomas Goodwin) Green & Co Ltd was founded in 1864 and went on to produce the world-famous Cornishware. Both companies became part of The Tabletop Group in 2004. TG Green went into administration in 2007.
From 1882 the local football club was
Church Gresley was one of only a handful of villages in South Derbyshire that had a Round House or village lock-up. Used for the temporary detention of people, they were often used for the confinement of drunks who were usually released the next day or to hold people being brought before the local magistrate.
Opposite the park is Gresley Common, the venue for annual
Transport
Diamond East Midlands bus route 21 serves Church Gresley.
Church Gresley is on
See also
References
- Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Church Gresley". Key to English Place-Names. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Repton Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b Page 1907, pp. 56–58
- ^ Pevsner & Williamson 1978, p. 152.
- ^ a b c Pevsner & Williamson 1978, p. 153
- ^ Historic England. "Parish Church of St Mary and St George (Grade II*) (1204963)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ Dawson, George (25 October 2010). "Church Gresley S George & S Mary". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ Perry, Mike (2010). "Mason, Cash & Co. Ltd". Pottery Histories. retrieved November 2012
Sources
- Page, WH, ed. (1907). A History of the County of Derby. Victoria County History. Vol. 2. Westminster: Archibald Constable& Co. pp. 56–58.
- ISBN 0-14-071008-6.
External links
- "Route 63". Sustrans. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- "Swadlincote Area Local Development Framework" (PDF). South Derbyshire District Council. June 2011.
- Gresley Church
- Hambling, Iain. "T.G.Green & Co Ltd - Est 1864".